Pet lion's owners arrested after big cat attacks three people

Police successful Pakistan person arrested the owners of a favored lion that attacked a pistillate and her 3 young children aft it escaped.

Dramatic CCTV footage from the eastbound metropolis of Lahore showed however the large feline leapt implicit a factual partition and chased the pistillate down arsenic terrified onlookers ran for safety.

The pistillate and her children, aged 5 and seven, sustained injuries to their arms and faces but are present successful unchangeable condition, authorities said.

Police person accused the lion's owners of keeping a chaotic carnal without a licence and negligence starring to its escape. The lion was captured and moved to a wildlife park.

Big cats arsenic pets are a presumption awesome successful Pakistan, wherever it is ineligible to support lions, cheetahs, tigers, pumas and jaguars aft registering them and paying a one-time interest of 50,000 rupees ($176; £129) per animal.

However, specified formed indispensable beryllium housed extracurricular metropolis limits. Lahore, located successful Punjab province, is Pakistan's second-largest city.

The children's begetter claimed that the lion's owners stood by and watched arsenic their favored clawed astatine his household connected Wednesday. He said they did not bash thing to restrain it.

The video showed the pistillate picking herself up past moving backmost to question assistance from onlookers, immoderate of whom were seen moving successful panic.

Days aft the incident, authorities successful Punjab launched a crackdown connected amerciable wildlife possession. They person arrested 5 radical and recovered 13 lions since.

In January, a Pakistani YouTube prima was ordered to create carnal payment videos arsenic punishment for illegally owning a lion cub.

Rajab Butt, who has 5.6 cardinal subscribers, was presented the cub arsenic a wedding gift.